Boundary Waters Wilderness Protection and Pollution Prevention Act

H.R. 2794 · 117th Congress · Apr 22, 2021 · Lineage

A BILL

To provide for the protection of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness and interconnected Federal lands and waters, including Voyageurs National Park, within the Rainy River Watershed in the State of Minnesota, and for other purposes.

Section 1 Short title

This Act may be cited as the “Boundary Waters Wilderness Protection and Pollution Prevention Act”.

Sec. 2 Withdrawal of certain Federal lands and waters in the State of Minnesota

(a)

Definition of map— In this Act, the term Map means the map prepared by the Forest Service entitled “Superior National Forest Mineral Withdrawal Application Map ” and dated December 5, 2016.

(b)

Withdrawal— Except as provided in subsection (d) and subject to valid existing rights, the approximately 234,328 acres of Federal land and waters in the Rainy River Watershed of the Superior National Forest in the State of Minnesota, as located on the Map and described in the Federal Register Notice of Application for Withdrawal, dated January 19, 2017 (82 Fed. Reg. 6639), are hereby withdrawn from—

(1)

all forms of entry, appropriation, and disposal under the public land laws;

(2)

location, entry, and patent under the mining laws; and

(3)

operation of the mineral leasing, mineral materials, and geothermal leasing laws.

(c)

Acquired land— Any land or interest in land within the area depicted on the Map that is acquired by the United States after the date of enactment of this Act shall, on acquisition, be immediately withdrawn in accordance with this section.

(d)

Removal of sand, gravel, granite, iron ore, and taconite— The Chief of the Forest Service is authorized to permit the removal of sand, gravel, granite, iron ore, and taconite from national forest system lands within the area depicted on the Map if the Chief determines that the removal is not detrimental to the water quality, air quality, and health of the forest habitat within the Rainy River Watershed.

(e)

Availability of map— The Map shall be kept on file and made available for public inspection in the appropriate offices of the Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management.

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Apr 22, 2021viewing Reported in House Ms. McCollum (for herself, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Lowenthal, Ms. Pingree, Mr. Phillips, Ms. Omar, Mr. Huffman, Mr. Blumenauer, Mr. Gallego, Mr. Kildee, Mr. Neguse, Ms. Schakowsky, Ms. Barragán, Mr. Cohen, Mr. Casten, Ms. Eshoo, Mr. Raskin, Ms. Norton, Mr. DeFazio, Mr. Kilmer, Mr. Kind, Mr. Connolly, Ms. DeGette, Ms. Chu, Ms. Velázquez, Ms. Roybal-Allard, Mrs. Axne, Ms. Lee of California, Ms. Bush, Ms. Tlaib, Ms. Moore of Wisconsin, Mr. Case, Ms. Slotkin, Mr. Nadler, Ms. DelBene, and Mr. García of Illinois) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources See what changed
Apr 22, 2021 Introduced in House Ms. McCollum (for herself, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Lowenthal, Ms. Pingree, Mr. Phillips, Ms. Omar, Mr. Huffman, Mr. Blumenauer, Mr. Gallego, Mr. Kildee, Mr. Neguse, Ms. Schakowsky, Ms. Barragán, Mr. Cohen, Mr. Casten, Ms. Eshoo, Mr. Raskin, Ms. Norton, Mr. DeFazio, Mr. Kilmer, Mr. Kind, Mr. Connolly, Ms. DeGette, Ms. Chu, Ms. Velázquez, Ms. Roybal-Allard, Mrs. Axne, Ms. Lee of California, Ms. Bush, Ms. Tlaib, Ms. Moore of Wisconsin, Mr. Case, Ms. Slotkin, Mr. Nadler, Ms. DelBene, and Mr. García of Illinois) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources

Boundary Waters Wilderness Protection and Pollution Prevention Act

Section 1 Short title

Sec. 2 Withdrawal of certain Federal lands and waters in the State of Minnesota

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